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The Single UNIX &reg; Specification, Version 2<br>
Copyright &copy; 1997 The Open Group

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<h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2106">&nbsp;</a>NAME</h4><blockquote>
strip - remove unnecessary information from executable files
(<b>DEVELOPMENT</b>)
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2107">&nbsp;</a>SYNOPSIS</h4><blockquote>
<pre><code>

strip <i>file</i>...
</code>
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</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2108">&nbsp;</a>DESCRIPTION</h4><blockquote>
The
<i>strip</i>
utility removes from executable files named by the
<i>file</i>
operands any information the implementor
deems unnecessary for execution of those files.
The nature of that information is unspecified.
The effect of
<i>strip</i>
is the same as the use of the
<b>-s</b>
option to
<i><a href="cc.html">cc</a></i>,
<i><a href="c89.html">c89</a></i>
or
<i><a href="fort77.html">fort77</a></i>.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2109">&nbsp;</a>OPTIONS</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2110">&nbsp;</a>OPERANDS</h4><blockquote>
The following operand is supported:
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<dt><i>file</i><dd>A pathname referring to an executable file.

</dl>
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2111">&nbsp;</a>STDIN</h4><blockquote>
Not used.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2112">&nbsp;</a>INPUT FILES</h4><blockquote>
The input files must be in the form
of executable files successfully produced by
any compiler defined by this specification.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2113">&nbsp;</a>ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES</h4><blockquote>
The following environment variables affect the execution of
<i>strip</i>:
<dl compact>

<dt><i>LANG</i><dd>Provide a default value for the internationalisation variables
that are unset or null.
If
<i>LANG</i>
is unset or null, the corresponding value from the
implementation-dependent default locale will be used.
If any of the internationalisation variables contains an invalid setting, the
utility will behave as if none of the variables had been defined.

<dt><i>LC_ALL</i><dd>
If set to a non-empty string value,
override the values of all the other internationalisation variables.

<dt><i>LC_CTYPE</i><dd>
Determine the
locale for the interpretation of sequences of bytes of text data as
characters (for example, single- as opposed to multi-byte characters
in arguments).

<dt><i>LC_MESSAGES</i><dd>
Determine the locale that should be used to affect
the format and contents of diagnostic
messages written to standard error.

<dt><i>NLSPATH</i><dd>
Determine the location of message catalogues
for the processing of
<i>LC_MESSAGES .
</i>
</dl>
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2114">&nbsp;</a>ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS</h4><blockquote>
Default.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2115">&nbsp;</a>STDOUT</h4><blockquote>
Not used.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2116">&nbsp;</a>STDERR</h4><blockquote>
Used only for diagnostic messages.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2117">&nbsp;</a>OUTPUT FILES</h4><blockquote>
The
<i>strip</i>
utility will produce executable files of unspecified format.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2118">&nbsp;</a>EXTENDED DESCRIPTION</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2119">&nbsp;</a>EXIT STATUS</h4><blockquote>
The following exit values are returned:
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<dt>0<dd>Successful completion.

<dt>&gt;0<dd>An error occurred.

</dl>
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2120">&nbsp;</a>CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS</h4><blockquote>
Default.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2121">&nbsp;</a>APPLICATION USAGE</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2122">&nbsp;</a>EXAMPLES</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2123">&nbsp;</a>FUTURE DIRECTIONS</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2124">&nbsp;</a>SEE ALSO</h4><blockquote>
<i><a href="ar.html">ar</a></i>,
<i><a href="cc.html">cc</a></i>,
<i><a href="c89.html">c89</a></i>,
<i><a href="fort77.html">fort77</a></i>.
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